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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1999
Dean Falkenberg, Windsor, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, INC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A fiber optic connector module is presented that has one or more male fiber optic connectors on one end of an angled molded body and a corresponding number of female optical connectors on the other end. The molded body can be a fixed angle module made of a material such as plastic, or can be an adjustable angle module where the angle can be adjusted to from 90 and 180 degrees. The connector module prevents problems associated with optoelectronic equipment that is rack mounted and has vertically mounted optical interfaces, such as microbending of the optical fiber. Moreover, the connector module ensures that safety requirements, and in particular the elimination of eye-level laser exposure, are met.